Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I think that , that my recollection of the last meeting was that if we could just knock together a Northumberland newsletter a unison newsletter that 's quite clearly coming from the three organizations that represent the membership in Northumberland it would be better than th this national stuff has one union on it , as I see it at the moment . |
| 2 | In the South Midlands and a few other areas where farm labourers could earn only a pittance crafts that employed mothers and daughters provided welcome extra income . |
| 3 | From this month on , junkies need make only a telephone call to exchange their used , possibly-AIDS bearing , needles for new clean ones , delivered free of charge . |
| 4 | ‘ Shush , Mamma , ’ Rosa had said , and then Sabina had come in again with the bird — it would make only a bite to eat . |
| 5 | Schemes for the unemployed , such as community work , might be helpful for those involved but would cover only a fraction of the three million people out of work , he said . |
| 6 | You know like , if I 'm really thirsty , I could just gulp down a glass of water or a glass of orange , just like that , but with fizzy drinks , I do n't know , I ca n't swallow them very easily , just sort of er , |
| 7 | It must remain entirely a matter for the discretion of the prosecuting authorities as to whether they are in a position to and are prepared to give an assurance . |
| 8 | ACTORS will abseil down a quarry as part of an unusual open-air performance of Shakespeare 's Macbeth this summer . |
| 9 | ‘ Could n't I stay down a bit longer , please ? ’ |
| 10 | Their frustration that they would always remain only a mummy could be challenged . |
| 11 | The regulations will sometimes affect only a manufacturer ( e.g. where they govern design or composition ) . |
| 12 | Planes of soap solution have the property that only three can intersect along an edge at an angle between them of 120° . |
| 13 | But investors who have clung on grimly for the past five years should hang on a while longer . |
| 14 | Do you , do you wish to , hang on a minute Hughie . |
| 15 | Er can you hang on a minute Simon ? |
| 16 | Er can you hang on a minute ? |
| 17 | Can you hang on a minute ? |
| 18 | Can you hang on a minute , Bedge ? |
| 19 | everywhere , things like that , so , well I 'll hang on a bit then |
| 20 | If you 'd like to just hang on a second I want to this little . |
| 21 | A successful tour is the priority — the icing on the cake would come if wife , Wendy , could hang on a week or so for the birth of their second child due a month before the end of the tour . ‘ |
| 22 | The Committee can consider only a fraction of the instruments laid before Parliament . |
| 23 | and that obviously they would be tend to be other children with mother 's there so they would need perhaps a play facility there and other children who goes to the E N T clinic can go to the not just go to the outpatients casualty |
| 24 | With memories of sailing planing dinghies still fresh in his mind , he wanted a boat that would surf down a tradewind roller with the tiller humming easily in his hand . |
| 25 | You will need only a smear of oil for the face ; if you drench the skin , oil is liable to seep into your partners eyes . |
| 26 | It would need only a charge of the cavalry , or a shot fired over their heads , to set them off . |
| 27 | It would tie down a lot of troops and would also give Phnom Penh the opportunity to raise international alarm at the spectre of the return of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 28 | The sheer mass of Snotlings can overwhelm or tie down an enemy unit even if the tiny creatures do n't cause many casualties ! |
| 29 | A reward 's now on offer for anyone who can help police track down a man who mugged a 64 year old woman paying respects in Banbury cemetery . |
| 30 | ‘ While you 're gone I 'll make some calls and see if I can track down a crystal , ’ she said firmly . |